Pakistani train accident..

Mochatanya · Post by **Mochatanya** » Wed Jul 13, 2005 1:56 am

Inna illahi wa ina illahi rajicuun - {Every soul will taste death. And we test you with bad and with good as a trial. And unto us you will return.}
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Source : http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4677595.stm

A major train collision in southern Pakistan has left at least 120 dead, local police say.

The dawn incident near the town of Ghotki in Sindh province involved three passenger express trains.

At least 13 train carriages have been derailed. "It is a very gruesome situation," said local police official Aga Mohammed Tahir.

The general manager of Pakistan Railways said the crash was caused by a train conductor misreading a signal.

I was sleeping... I woke up at the noise of a huge bang and then there was [a] big jerk and smoke all over the place
Mohammad Amin, passenger

"It's a painful scene. There are bodies scattered all over. People are crying, fathers are looking for children, husbands for their wives and brothers for their sisters," an unnamed witness told the AFP news agency.

One express slammed into the back of a stationary train, and a third train ploughed into derailed coaches.

Carnage

Abdul Aziz, a senior controller at Pakistan Railways, told the Associated Press that the incident happened at about 0400 (2300 GMT Tuesday) on the border between the provinces of Sindh and Punjab, when mo

st of the passengers were sleeping.

Officials said the Karachi Express ran into the rear of broken down Quetta Express at a station near Ghotki, about 600km (370 miles) north-east of the city of Karachi.

A third train travelling in the opposite direction - the Tezgam Express - then hit a number of derailed carriages, which were scattered over several tracks.

Abdul Wahab Awan, general manager of Pakistan Railways, said the conductor of the Karachi Express had failed to read a signal correctly.

"The crash occurred because of misreading of a signal by the driver of Karachi Express and it rammed the Quetta Express, which was not moving," he told The Associated Press.

Mr Tahir was quoted as saying that rescuers began pulling out the dead and injured out of the trains.

"There were many people inside and there are lot of casualties," the police official said.

He said body parts were strewn across the site amid piles of twisted steel and that rescuers had to cut through metal to get to the injured.

An injured passenger Mohammad Amin said he was sleeping when the accident occurred.

"I woke up at the noise of a huge bang and then there was [a] big jerk and smoke all over the place," Mr Amin told Reuters.

"There was total darkness... I hit the floor and fainted."

The BBC's Zaffar Abbas in Karachi says this is one of the worst train accidents in recent years.

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Steeler [Crawler2] · Post by **Steeler [Crawler2]** » Wed Jul 13, 2005 2:43 am

This is like the crash at Eshede. Really too bad. Hate to see those kinds of accidents. I'll be traveling by train next month in Thailand. Makes you stop and think.

Mochatanya · Post by **Mochatanya** » Wed Jul 13, 2005 2:46 am

I heard Thailand is also full of STD's and AIDS

Steeler [Crawler2] · Post by **Steeler [Crawler2]** » Wed Jul 13, 2005 2:49 am

Not as bad as Africa, but still a major problem. Thai government has taken major steps to real the problem in, but for over a decade it was ignored, so there's some catching up to do.

I already have a wife, so that's not what I'm going for. I am going to see my in-laws.

1nemansquad · Post by **1nemansquad** » Wed Jul 13, 2005 2:54 am

Moch, i saw that on tha news this evening, it was horrendous watchin it

Mac, tha finest Thai dish is fried goat ceeb so enjoy am sure you will like that alot